PLANTS Profile for Parnassia kotzebuei (Kotzebue's grass of Parnassus)

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Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.
Kotzebue's grass of Parnassus

Symbol:

PAKO3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Saxifragaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Photo of Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

©Mary Clay Stensvold. Courtesy of Smithsonian Institution, Plant Image Collection. United States, AK, S.E. region, Juneau area, Mendenhall Glacier, rock bluffs near visitor center. Usage Requirements. Any use of copyrighted images requires permission of the copyright holder.

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Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

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Synonyms:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

PAKOP

Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng. var. pumila C.L. Hitchc. & Ownbey

Distribution:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.


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USA (AK, CO, ID, MT, NV, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NF, NT, ON, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

View 25 genera in Saxifragaceae, 9 species in Parnassia

Classification:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Rosales
Family	Saxifragaceae – Saxifrage family
Genus	Parnassia L. – grass of Parnassus
Species	Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng. – Kotzebue's grass of Parnassus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Washington:
Kotzebue's grass-of-parnassus		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW,OBL

OBL

FACW

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Parnassia kotzebuei Cham. ex Spreng.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 24205.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 04:41 PM CDT